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Growing through fear

by grapesgripesandgratitude

My husband and I are looking to make some big life changes. And they scare me a little bit. As I was sharing some of this thought process with a friend, she easily stated, “Ya, but remember we grow through fear”. Well, duh.

Sometimes you need someone else to say something, that you normally teach, say and practice- right back at ya when things are a bit cloudy. Our own perspective can get a bit lost.

When we use our fears, when we face them, we 100% grow, change, develop. Remember the video I did on the fly last week about fear? I shared four ways to overcome fear. Which is important- but let’s analyze what happens when we do face our fears.

First, what are the most common fears? Below is a list of what folks fear the most:

Fear of death

Fear of rejection

Fear of failure

Fear of what others think

Fear of not being enough

Fear of the unknown

Fear of success

Fear of not being loved

Fear of public speaking

Can you find any of your fears listed above? There are a few there for me. Right now I am struggling with fear of failure (for our life change decision).

But.

Here is what I remind myself of. When I tackled things that I was most fearful of- I always, 100%, every time have come out better because of it. Either a better circumstance, or a better perspective.

Cause here is the thing. You are CAPABLE of achieving, changing, succeeding, dreaming, chasing, and being. What stops us- is fear.

Can you look at that list, and pinpoint something that is holding you back? Can you tackle it? Either head on, or bit by bit?

You can. I know you can. And if you do, I promise, you will be a better person because of it.

Mushroom Stroganoff

This week my family and I tried a new recipe from my new favorite recipe book, from Forks over Knives. OH MY GOODNESS. This, the whole family loved. You can find the recipe here. I have been on a 90% plant-based ‘diet’ for several weeks now- and am LOVING it. I can’t believe how great I feel. I ate fairly healthy before, but cutting out animal proteins and fats have been huge. And I am shocked. By the way, I do love a good steak. So I say 90% (or like 95% ha) of the time I will eat plant-based. But I do have fish once a week, and a good steak around once a month or so.